jerusalem with the boys...

the boys and i enjoyed sight - seeing in jerusalem

a few days in the last month...

josiah and i overlooking jerusalem...

after graduating from high-school,
all israeli young people serve in the israel defense force

many times you see them traveling on the buses.

they wear their uniforms because then

they get to ride for free...

on the bus to jerusalem...

three IDF soldiers sleep on the bus...

the boys on the bus...

josiah...

the four primary languages in israel...

hebrew,

english,

arabic,

russian.

seth walking outside the old city...

josiah in front of Golgotha (mount calvary)

seth at golgotha...

touring among the many ancient ruins...

seth is not quite as tall as jo...lol

the boys signed a guest book at

one of the tour sites..

old city walls...

seth walking along the top of the

old city walls...

looking down from the wall at excavated ruins...

tour buses line the streets outside the old city...

an old city street...

somebody's parrot in the old city...

josiah at the western wall -

the only remainder from the jewish temple...

seth at the western wall...

seth by the golden menorah that israeli's

hope will some day go in a new temple...

a wedding car...

an ambulance in jerusalem traffic...

orthodox men pray at a grave...

a camel enjoys the view of jerusalem...

seth inside king hezekiah's water tunnel...

King Hezekiah had this tunnel dug to

provide a water source inside the city

in case of a siege.

josiah inside the water tunnel...

it is low in some places...

and in some places it is even lower...

but in some places, it is quite high....

a plaque telling about the inscription in the tunnel...

the ancient inscription in the tunnel....

on the mount where the temple once stood...

now the site of the dome of the rock mosque...

police on the temple mount...

the detailed tiling on the mosque is amazing...

on the temple mount...

palestinian women...

a palestinian boy rides his horse down the street...

never mind the traffic...

another interesting vehicle on the road

in the arab part of town...

palestinian young people...

our friend, shoshka,  directing traffic flow

out of a parking garage...

me with shoshka...

the boys in front of the israeli supreme court building...

seth by what looked to be a helicopter landing pad

near the government complex...

an inscription near the landing pad...

(but i don't know what it says...)

in front of the knesset...

walking through a tunnel...

jerusalem at night...